蝮蛇 fù shé Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys) / pit viper 俑坑 yǒng kēng pit with funerary figures / pit containing terracotta warriors 干坑式厕所 dry-pit latrine / dry pit 跳水 tiào shuǐ to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically 蹦极 蹦極 bèng jí bungee jumping (loanword) 跳板 tiào bǎn springboard / jumping-off point / gangplank 跳伞 跳傘 tiào sǎn to parachute / to bail out / parachute jumping 跳进黄河洗不清 跳進黃河洗不清 tiào jìn huáng hé xǐ bù qīng lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble 夹塞儿 夾塞兒 jiā sāi r to cut into a line / queue-jumping 跳台滑雪 跳臺滑雪 tiào tái huá xuě ski jumping 跳进黄河说不清 跳進黃河說不清 tiào jìn huáng hé shuō bù qīng lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble 钻圈 鑽圈 zuān quān jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show) 高空弹跳 高空彈跳 gāo kōng tán tiào bungee jumping (Tw) 跳河 tiào hé to drown oneself by jumping into the river 蝇虎 蠅虎 yíng hǔ jumping spider (family Salticidae) 跳雷 tiào léi bounding mine / jumping mine 低空跳伞 低空跳傘 dī kōng tiào sǎn BASE Jumping 苍蝇老虎 蒼蠅老虎 cāng ying lǎo hǔ (coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name) 跳蛛 tiào zhū jumping spider / salticid (family Salticidae) 鸡飞狗跳 雞飛狗跳 jī fēi gǒu tiào lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray 竞技 競技 jìng jì competition of skill (e.g. sports) / athletics tournament syn 赛场 賽場 sài chǎng racetrack / field (for athletics competition) 田径 田徑 tián jìng track and field (athletics) 十项 十項 shí xiàng ten items / decathlon (athletics) 兴奋剂 興奮劑 xīng fèn jì stimulant / doping (in athletics) 起跳 qǐ tiào (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level) 跳高 tiào gāo (athletics) high jump 跳远 跳遠 tiào yuǎn long jump (athletics) 跨栏 跨欄 kuà lán hurdles / hurdle race (athletics) 三级跳 三級跳 sān jí tiào triple jump (athletics) / hop, skip and jump 铅球 鉛球 qiān qiú shot put (athletics event) 竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event) 各就各位 gè jiù gè wèi (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom) / (athletics) On your mark! syn 塑胶跑道 塑膠跑道 sù jiāo pǎo dào synthetic athletics track / tartan track 全国运动会 全國運動會 quán guó yùn dòng huì National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959 铁饼 鐵餅 tiě bǐng (athletics) discus / discus throw 链球 鏈球 liàn qiú (athletics) hammer / hammer throw 三级跳远 三級跳遠 sān jí tiào yuǎn triple jump (athletics) / hop, skip and jump 径赛 徑賽 jìng sài track events (athletics competition) 检录 檢錄 jiǎn lù roll-call (e.g. at athletics event) / check the record 田赛 田賽 tián sài field events (athletics competition) 城市运动会 城市運動會 chéng shì yùn dòng huì National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988 跨栏比赛 跨欄比賽 kuà lán bǐ sài hurdling / hurdles race (athletics event) 国际田径联合会 國際田徑聯合會 guó jì tián jìng lián hé huì International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) / abbr. to 國際田聯|国际田联[Guo2 ji4 Tian2 Lian2] 障碍跑 障礙跑 zhàng ài pǎo steeplechase (athletics) 国际田径协会联合会 國際田徑協會聯合會 International Association of Athletics Federations 国际田联 國際田聯 guó jì tián lián International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) / abbr. for 國際田徑聯合會|国际田径联合会[Guo2 ji4 Tian2 jing4 Lian2 he2 hui4] 三铁 三鐵 sān tiě triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put) 较量 較量 jiào liàng to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble syn 心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts syn 井下 jǐng xià underground / in the pit (mining) 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn 无底洞 無底洞 wú dǐ dòng bottomless pit 深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell syn 矿场 礦場 kuàng chǎng a mine / pit 泥坑 ní kēng mud pit / mire / morass syn 采石场 採石場 cǎi shí chǎng stone pit / quarry 茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit / latrine syn 坑洞 kēng dòng hole / pit / pothole 赛车女郎 賽車女郎 sài chē nǚ láng pit babe / paddock girl / grid girl 火塘 huǒ táng indoor fire pit 矿车 礦車 kuàng chē miner's cart / pit truck 白花蛇 bái huā shé long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) syn 陷坑 xiàn kēng pitfall / pit as animal trap syn 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn 探井 tàn jǐng (mining) test pit / exploratory shaft / test well 五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn 窝 窩 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods syn 坎 埳 kǎn old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole syn 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn 硐 dòng variant of 洞[dong4] / cave / pit 凼 dàng pool / pit / ditch / cesspit 腘 膕 guó knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine) 坜 壢 lì hole, pit 避坑落井 bì kēng luò jǐng to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire syn 凹洞 āo dòng cavity / pit 窞 dàn pit / cave 阬 kēng pit / to defraud 渗坑 滲坑 shèn kēng sewage pit 溛 wā to form hollow / pit 埳 kǎn a pit, a hole, a snare, a danger / a crisis / a mortar 凼子 dàng zi pool / pit / ditch / cesspit 地炉 地爐 dì lú fire pit 坑木 kēng mù pit prop 墓坑 mù kēng tomb pit 墓坑夯土层 墓坑夯土層 mù kēng hāng tǔ céng layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology) 心窝儿 心窩兒 xīn wō r one's breast / the pit of one's stomach syn 核儿 核兒 hú r pit (stone of a fruit) syn 梅核气 梅核氣 méi hé qì (TCM) plum-pit qi, a feeling of a lump in the throat (globus pharyngis) or of stagnant phlegm 沤凼 漚凼 òu dàng cesspool / compost pit 无底坑 無底坑 wú dǐ kēng the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible) / pitless (elevator) 狼井 láng jǐng wolf trap (trou de loup), medieval defensive trap consisting of a concealed pit with sharp spikes 跳出火坑 tiào chū huǒ kēng lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom) / to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture 颊窝 頰窩 jiá wō dimple / heat-sensing facial pit of a snake 半核 bàn hé hemishell / half-pit 弹芯 bomb core / pit 通风改良坑式厕所 tòng fēng gǎi liáng kēng shì cè suǒ ventilated improved pit latrine / VIP latrine 渗水沟 shèn shuǐ gōu soakage trench / soakage pit 